Telesistema Mexicano

Telesistema Mexicano
Company typeBroadcast television distributor
IndustryMass media
Founded1955 (1955)
FounderEmilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta
Rómulo O'Farrill
Guillermo González Camarena
Ernesto Barrientos Reyes
DefunctJanuary 8, 1973 (1973-01-08)
FateMerged with Televisión Independiente de México to become Televisa
SuccessorTelevisa
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
Area served
Mexico
ProductsNefertiti y Aquenatos
Total assetsXEW Canal 2
XHTV Canal 4
XHGC Canal 5

Telesistema Mexicano was the predecessor of Televisa. Telesistema Mexicano was a television alliance made up of the independently owned television flagship stations XEW Canal 2, XHTV Canal 4, and XHGC Canal 5 in Mexico, Distrito Federal.

History

Telesistema Mexicano was founded in 1955 when Mexico, Distrito Federal television stations XEW Canal 2 owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, XHTV Canal 4 owned by Rómulo O'Farrill, XHGC Canal 5 owned by Guillermo González Camarena, and capital and expertise from Ernesto Barrientos Ventosa merged to form an alliance. Its programming originated from the Televicentro building.[1] By the early 1970s, TSM was the most powerful television network in all of Mexico; its productions were exported to Central American countries without production capabilities.[2]: 57  It also produced the television coverage of the 1970 FIFA World Cup and sold the rights to individual international networks, among them an exclusive deal with ITV in the United Kingdom, which infuriated the BBC.[2]: 57–58 

In 1968 Monterrey businessmen established Televisión Independiente de México XHTM Canal 8 in Mexico, Distrito Federal to compete with Telesistema Mexico but later ended up being merged with their competitor in 1973. This last merger between Telesistema de Mexico and Televisión Independiente de México led to the creation of Television Via Satellite (Televisa).[3]

Stations at merging time

Information correct as of the 1972/73 Television Factbook:[4]

After the TIM-TSM merger, four TSM stations joined the existing TSM station portfolio (XHTM-TV, XET-TV, XHP-TV and XHFM-TV) and were realigned into the existing Televisa networks.

References

  1. ^ "Untitled". Boletín Radiofónico (in Spanish). No. 62. March 31, 1955.
  2. ^ a b Timothy Green (1972). The Universal Eye: World Television in the Seventies (PDF). The Bodley Head. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2024.
  3. ^ "History :: Televisa.com". Televisa. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
  4. ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF). 1972. p. 1083-b. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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